National Storytelling Conference 2008
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2008 Fringes

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Thursday
10-10:55 pm

Friday
 9:30-10:25 pm

Saturday
9:30-10:25 pm

Jean Armstrong

Absolutely Moore or Less

Audience: Adult
Content Warning: Adult subject matter

Katie Key

One World Kitchen

Audience: Family
Content Warning: None

Roslyn Bresnick-Perry

Still Here & Kicking - Stories of Sexy Seniors

Audience: Adult  
Content Warning: Adult subject matter and language

Olga Loya

Nepantla - Between Worlds

Audience: Adult
Content Warnings: None

Elaine Muray

Right Down to Her Toes: What Women Want

Audience: Adult  
Content Warning: Adult subject matter

Regi Carpenter

Love is War

Audience: Adult
Content Warning: None

Elizabeth Rose

Educating Elizabeth

Audience: Adult 
Content Warning: Adult Language “right out of the mouths of babes”

Rachel Nelson

Living the Questions

Audience: Adult/Teen  
Content Warning: None

Jane Stenson

MEETING THE STYLES: When What's Left is Really Right

Audience: Teen to adult
Content warning: Language


Jean Armstrong

Absolutely Moore or Less

Busted by her youthful boyfriend describing their age difference in logarithmic formulas! A dating life that’s pushed her into timelessness, black holes that even a special appearance from Phil Donahue can’t remedy!
Audience: Adult
Content Warning: Adult subject matter

 

Emily E. Bailey “Auntie Em”

EverythingIEverWantedToSayBUT...

 A storytelling showcase that captures the hearts of the entire family through original stories and old time favorites from around the world.
Audience: Family
Content Warning: None

 

Roslyn Bresnick-Perry

Still Here & Kicking - Stories of Sexy Seniors

Just because there's snow on the roof doesn't mean the fire is out.  Roz shares hilarious, poignant and heart-warming stories of seniors falling in and out of love--and bed.
Audience: Adult  
Content Warning: Adult subject matter and language

 

Regi Carpenter

Love is War

A WWII  private meets the love of his life on a blind date, goes to war and returns six years later bringing the war and his love with him.  Good.
Audience: Adult
Content Warning: None

 

Judith Dierkes and Patricia Carreras

Incontinent Proof (A scripted parody with oversized puppets and actors)

Al, Leader of the green world, is constantly interrupted by Grumpy Grampee and a cacophony of characters. Pandemonium ensues with earth-shattering objects, and the Cleen Green Macheen Robot.
Audience: Family
Content Warning: None

 

Katie Key

One World Kitchen

A story series describing interracial families through family recipes.  Describing what and how we eat highlights the interconnection of race, gender, spiritual tradition, and the creation of new territory.
Audience: Family
Content Warning: None

 

Olga Loya

Nepantla, - Between Worlds

In this theater piece, Olga Uses humor, dancing and music, wit and a fierce honesty to find a way to bridge the way between her worlds.
Audience: Adult
Content Warnings: None

 

Elaine Muray

Right Down to Her Toes: What Women Want

Using movement and narration, Elaine will take from folklore, personal anecdotes and media to explore the role of the "shoe" as a metaphor for what women desire the most.
Audience: Adult  
Content Warning: Adult subject matter

 

Joy Nack

Jesting Joy – The Journey of One Human Heart

Through heartwarming original character sketches and short stories, Joy will take you deep into the human heart and soul -- from laughter to tears and back again.  You'll leave feeling great!
Audience: Family   
Content Warning: None

 

Rachel Nelson

Living the Questions

Welcome to the Cabaret of Questions—songs, stories, and poems collide with questions both personal and political.  An experiment combining story, music, and movement.  Final questions up to you.   
Audience: Adult/Teen  
Content Warning: None

 

Elizabeth Rose

Educating Elizabeth

This story comically and poignantly highlights the journey of an educator from the kindergarten classroom, to middle school, to administration. It's more than just our youth getting an education!
Audience: Adult 
Content Warning: Adult Language “right out of the mouths of babes”

 

Jane Stenson

MEETING THE STYLES: When What's Left is really Right

A rhythm-filled narrative about growing up - kids growing, parents growing - the story moves from Anglican choirboys to hip-hop artistry, from religious icons to graffiti. "STYLES" is an EVENT!
Audience: Teen to adult
Content warning: Language